Baseball, the world’s pastime

We have just published Tokyo Series 2025, our timely book giving the background behind the upcoming 2025 Season Opening Series between the Cubs and the Dodgers in the Tokyo Dome. Developing this book has really opened our eyes to the international appeal and existing presence of professional baseball around the world. We hope it does that for readers, too.

More books are in the works. We have just completed 50 Fun Facts titles covering the American League East teams and will soon complete our coverage of the National League Central Division. Also in the works are books about The Negro Leagues, a great story, and baseball in Latin America.

We started this project as a way to scratch our own baseball itch in the off-season. But 50 Fun Facts Baseball has become a profound learning experience. The scales have fallen from our eyes, as it were, about the rich history and traditions of professional baseball teams all across America. Every team has its rituals, heritage, and legacy. Every home city has a story to tell about the hows, whos, and whys of baseball there. Even though the pro sports landscape in the USA continues to expand, providing entertainment and fun for fans of all ages, all year round, baseball maintains its special place in our hearts and minds.

Join us in remembering past baseball glories, present realities, and the exciting future of baseball. See the 50 Fun Facts Baseball books here.

Writing Starters

Available now on Amazon in paperback or e-book.

New from Touchwood Press, Writing Starters: Appetizers for Your Brain gives you 52 prompts to inspire your writing. Organized into four 13-Starter volumes, the Writing Starters series probes your Memories, Experiences, Opinions, and Self-Perceptions to help generate new ideas for your novel, memoir, biography, or poetry.

The path to creative writing output is sometimes littered with false starts, failed self-tests, and blocked paths that looked great yesterday. But help is on the way in Writing Starter: Appetizers for Your Brain. These pages contain fuel to feed your little gray cells and get you thinking. They may be just what you need to get your writing out!

A few starters to get you started:

  • Memories: Write a thank you letter to your favorite teacher.
  • Experiences: It was a dark and stormy night. Eek! Provide details.
  • Opinions: Does money really make the world go around?
  • About You: Introvert or Extrovert? Can you relate?